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they included doris kearns goodwin, jon meacham, michael beschloss, robert caro and bob woodward. here is part two of that conversation. doris do you think when those historians met with the president they had any influence on him and what came out of those meetings even though you're not supposed to acknowledge you were there. >> no, you know, i think to go back to what bob said. the fact that you've got a president who reads history means that he's learning from previous presidents. he's not just learning from his first term but the stories and the try alls and the tragedies of previous presidents are in his head. harry truman read a lot of history, teddy roosevelt and so does barack obama and i think that's a really helpful thing. what history will tell you even though there is this second term curse idea, there's no great historic president without a second term. it's a huge opportunity because the country has already legitimized what you did in the first term as complicated as it might be during the recession. they wanted you back again. and now you've got a chance to build t
they included doris kearns goodwin, jon meacham, michael beschloss, robert caro and bob woodward. here is part two of that conversation. doris do you think when those historians met with the president they had any influence on him and what came out of those meetings even though you're not supposed to acknowledge you were there. >> no, you know, i think to go back to what bob said. the fact that you've got a president who reads history means that he's learning from previous presidents....
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from nashville, jon meacham, he won a pulitzer prize for the biography of andrew jackson. from washington, d.c., pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward, his latest book is called "the price of politics." in new york, michael beschloss, the histian for nbcews a authorf ma books including "presidential courage: brave leaders and how they changed america." finally robert caro, the pulitzer prize winning author of the biography of lyndon johnson. the most recent biography is called "the passage of power." i'm pleased to have all of them here as we broadcast on this inauguration day as we talk about the second term of president barack obama. i begin with robert caro. what is the challenge for presidents in a second term? >> challenge but a great opportunity when you're in the second term you have nothin mo to run for,no more elections. so what you're running for a place in history and you know if you do a great job you will have a great place in history. >> rose: and you never know what's coming though, as vietnam -- >> oh, it -- as i write now, the last line about lynd
from nashville, jon meacham, he won a pulitzer prize for the biography of andrew jackson. from washington, d.c., pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward, his latest book is called "the price of politics." in new york, michael beschloss, the histian for nbcews a authorf ma books including "presidential courage: brave leaders and how they changed america." finally robert caro, the pulitzer prize winning author of the biography of lyndon johnson. the most recent...
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jon meacham and donny deutsch are still with us. and joining the table, best-selling author and award-winning journalist, carl bernstein, author of "a woman in charge" about the secretary of state, hillary clinton. >> biography. >> biography. also with us from the white house, nbc news white house correspondent, peter alexander. and in washington, former democratic representative from california, now the director, president and ceo of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, jane harman. jane, good to have you on the show with us this morning as well. >> thank you, mika. >> let's get right to it. that was quite something yesterday on capitol hill. today hillary clinton will introduce john kerry at his confirmation hearing to replace her as secretary of state. the session is expected to take on a much different tone than the tough questioning she faced yesterday about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. take a look at what happened. >> when you're in these positions, the last thing you want to do is inte
jon meacham and donny deutsch are still with us. and joining the table, best-selling author and award-winning journalist, carl bernstein, author of "a woman in charge" about the secretary of state, hillary clinton. >> biography. >> biography. also with us from the white house, nbc news white house correspondent, peter alexander. and in washington, former democratic representative from california, now the director, president and ceo of the woodrow wilson international...
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right now jon meacham and christie hefner are still with us. and joining the table, we have the host of msnbc's "politics nation," reverend al sharpton. good to have you all on. >> good morning. >> good morning. how are you doing, reverend al? how's the diet? >> very well. >> the brzezinski diet. i mean, look at this. >> it's an ongoing, endless, forever process. good health. >> canyon ranch with whom i work in taking their brand and content around healthy living and extending it has this wonderful expression, which is diet is a noun, not a verb. >> exactly. >> i like that. >> healthy living. >> i actually have them in my book coming up. they're great. >> we should get you out there, actually. >> i need to go. let's get to the news. and joe, we're going to start with guns, if that's okay. a bipartisan group of senators working on a proposal to expand the current laws on background checks for potential gun purchases. the group includes republicans tom coburn and mark kirk along with democrats chuck schumer and joe manchin. senator coburn says he
right now jon meacham and christie hefner are still with us. and joining the table, we have the host of msnbc's "politics nation," reverend al sharpton. good to have you all on. >> good morning. >> good morning. how are you doing, reverend al? how's the diet? >> very well. >> the brzezinski diet. i mean, look at this. >> it's an ongoing, endless, forever process. good health. >> canyon ranch with whom i work in taking their brand and content around...
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jon meacham, three presidents that you know well now, andrew jackson, thomas jefferson and george bush 41. how do you assess the first term of barack obama. >> i think if president obama had somehow lost in november, he would have a very strong historical hand to play. because the prevention of more economic disaster in 2009 is something that is not fully appreciated in real time by people who are suffering, historian like that kind of thing. you could have an assessment of how he had done and he had done pretty well in doing that. and i think that that great historian, the gibbin of our time joe by i put it correctly when he said osama bin laden is dead and detroit is alive. it's been a difficult four years i agree with bob on health insurance. it's pretty good four years. at some point maybe to you charlie obama said if i'm a one term president i'd rather get this right than be a two term president. i don't want to say it's all downhill from here but so far if his biographers i think would have a favorable view of these four years. >> i think something else historian might notice tha
jon meacham, three presidents that you know well now, andrew jackson, thomas jefferson and george bush 41. how do you assess the first term of barack obama. >> i think if president obama had somehow lost in november, he would have a very strong historical hand to play. because the prevention of more economic disaster in 2009 is something that is not fully appreciated in real time by people who are suffering, historian like that kind of thing. you could have an assessment of how he had...
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. >>> and doris and jon meacham and the civil war in pennsylvania. next on "morning joe." >> announcer: did you know there are secret black market websites around the world that sell stolen identities? >> 30-year-old american man, excellent credit rating. >> announcer: lifelock monitors thousands of these sites 24 hours a day. and if we discover any of our members' data for sale, lifelock is there with the most comprehensive identity theft protection available. [♪...] [squealing, crash] call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. >>> america is in the midst of commemoration of the anniversary of the civil war. and consider the battle of g gettysbu gettysburg. and with us to talk about it. mike barnicle, he was there and pulitzer winning historian jon meacham. by the way, he was cheering for lee. best selling author, doris kaerearns good win. let's begin with you, jon, why did gettysburg matter so much? >> it turned lee's army back and ended the invasion of the north and was the turning point of the war. at that point, though it was going to be
. >>> and doris and jon meacham and the civil war in pennsylvania. next on "morning joe." >> announcer: did you know there are secret black market websites around the world that sell stolen identities? >> 30-year-old american man, excellent credit rating. >> announcer: lifelock monitors thousands of these sites 24 hours a day. and if we discover any of our members' data for sale, lifelock is there with the most comprehensive identity theft protection...
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. >> author jon meacham recounts the career of america's third president thomas jefferson. mr. jon meacham examines jefferson's relation to political power, reports that despite his strong belief and opposition to confrontation president jefferson was able to successfully lead the country in a highly partisan political environment. this is just under an hour. >> it is all downhill from there. my lawyer will take any complaints later. thank you so much and thank you for what you all do here. i have shopped here as a young washington monthly editor, shopped is too strong. we didn't have any money but you all may remember washington monthly editors were paid $10,000 a year which kate whoo-hoo won the national book award last night and adding to her amazing list of accomplishments, she used to say she actually graduated from the monthly when she could buy on tra appetizers in restaurants. i am a southerner, i am from tennessee, and i think understanding jefferson in his regional context and national context and political context is important. he was a master of politics, whether it
. >> author jon meacham recounts the career of america's third president thomas jefferson. mr. jon meacham examines jefferson's relation to political power, reports that despite his strong belief and opposition to confrontation president jefferson was able to successfully lead the country in a highly partisan political environment. this is just under an hour. >> it is all downhill from there. my lawyer will take any complaints later. thank you so much and thank you for what you all...
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jon meacham, mike barnicle and howard ford jr. with us as well. welcome to the show. >> good morning. miss to see you. >> nice to have you on. >> thank you. >> "frontline" is so rightly praised for the campaign documentaries and the biographical documentaries. what surprised you most having worked on so many of these as a pl franchise and looking back at the first term. >> amazing to me to revisit the three, four, five really central moments that happened with obama during this critical first term. and to project what we could -- almost like a prime other what we can expect in the next few crucial months especially around the fiscal cliff stuff. it is really remarkable how he's changed from the man who promised bipartisanship to the man you just played on the program giving that press conference yesterday. >> we heard in the clip we played, still photos, bill daly, former chief of staff, during the grand bargain negotiations, also had harry reid, the gang of six, playing a part in those negotiations. what does in the program -- what happens? how d
jon meacham, mike barnicle and howard ford jr. with us as well. welcome to the show. >> good morning. miss to see you. >> nice to have you on. >> thank you. >> "frontline" is so rightly praised for the campaign documentaries and the biographical documentaries. what surprised you most having worked on so many of these as a pl franchise and looking back at the first term. >> amazing to me to revisit the three, four, five really central moments that happened...
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jon meacham? >> mixed bag. >> mixed bag. >> mixed bag. >> how do things line up historically for this president? >> you know, i keep thinking about president reagan, obviously. because he needed a big tax deal and he got one. and he was carrying on the main work because he didn't go to geneva, remember, until '85 in dealing with the soviets. people remember reagan's second term for iran-contra which i think is a little unfair given the magnitude of the cold war achievement that unfolded then. president clinton impeachment. and just kind of a wasted couple of years. president bush, in the last two years of his sort of the post-rumsfeld period, i think by common consent was doing better. one of the things that happens is, we were talking about it with ezra klein, is sometimes you get people who are tired. your team gets tired. and then if you get new people in, sometimes they're learning, they have to learn fast. and so the other thing we absolutely know is that to get big things done domestically,
jon meacham? >> mixed bag. >> mixed bag. >> mixed bag. >> how do things line up historically for this president? >> you know, i keep thinking about president reagan, obviously. because he needed a big tax deal and he got one. and he was carrying on the main work because he didn't go to geneva, remember, until '85 in dealing with the soviets. people remember reagan's second term for iran-contra which i think is a little unfair given the magnitude of the cold war...
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jon meacham is still with us. and joining the set, former deputy campaign manager for president obama, stephanie cutter. >> this is huge! this is huge! >> good to see you. we're lucky having her back. and director of the earth institute at columbia university, economist dr. jeffrey sachs. >> i've got to say, reading "the new york times," i'm surprised they even gave stephanie a position in the obama campaign. obama's inner circle has an all-male look so far, which is why stephanie's here. >> do we really want to go there? >> we always say politicians should admit when they say something that's not accurate. i wondered what bush's record was. it's 33% as opposed to 43%. so i should have noted that. >> there you go. you should have. >> yes, you should have. >> i apologize to america. >> we'll see what happens. >> seriously -- >> i'm a little concerned. >> -- the inner circle has an all-male look. well, it's too bad that your republican friends knocked susan rice out of the running, viciously. >> yeah, joe. >> well,
jon meacham is still with us. and joining the set, former deputy campaign manager for president obama, stephanie cutter. >> this is huge! this is huge! >> good to see you. we're lucky having her back. and director of the earth institute at columbia university, economist dr. jeffrey sachs. >> i've got to say, reading "the new york times," i'm surprised they even gave stephanie a position in the obama campaign. obama's inner circle has an all-male look so far, which is...
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. >> only on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> gavin: jon meacham is well-known as the former "newsweek" editor in chief and also a prolific author about andrew jackson now he's out with another best seller thomas jefferson. jon, thank you so much for coming on the show. walking contradiction is that an easy, quick way of summing up a man whose passions for personal liberty extended to obviously the contradiction as it relates to owning slaves, the issues of his own shyness and the pursuit of power and politician. i mean going through this, he seems to be everything to anyone who is searching for him to be like themselves. >> right. you know, one of the reasons why we're sitting here talking about him now. his capacity to speak to the best instincts and the worst in american life. there have been marvelous books rent by jefferson. we all look back in search of either inspiration or sanction. that's what happened with jefferson. one of the problems with jefferson was he was so eloquent and prolific for so long that you could quote him on any issue, the same thing with winston churchill a
. >> only on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> gavin: jon meacham is well-known as the former "newsweek" editor in chief and also a prolific author about andrew jackson now he's out with another best seller thomas jefferson. jon, thank you so much for coming on the show. walking contradiction is that an easy, quick way of summing up a man whose passions for personal liberty extended to obviously the contradiction as it relates to owning slaves, the issues of his own...
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from nashville, jon meacham, he won a pulitzer prize for the biography of andrew jackson. from washington, d.c., pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward, his latest book is called "the price of politics." in new york, michael beschloss, the historian for nbc news and author of many books including "presidential courage: brave leaders and how they changed america." finally robert caro, the pulitzer prize winning author of the biography of lyndon johnson. the most recent biography is called "the passage of power." i'm pleased to have all of them here as we broadcast on this inauguration day as we talk about the second term of president barack obama. i begin with robert caro. what is the challenge for presidents in a second term? >> challenge but a great opportunity when you're in the second term you have nothing more to run for, no more elections. so what you're running for a place in history and you know if you do a great job you will have a great place in history. >> rose: and you never know what's coming though, as vietnam -- >> oh, it -- as i write now, the last l
from nashville, jon meacham, he won a pulitzer prize for the biography of andrew jackson. from washington, d.c., pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward, his latest book is called "the price of politics." in new york, michael beschloss, the historian for nbc news and author of many books including "presidential courage: brave leaders and how they changed america." finally robert caro, the pulitzer prize winning author of the biography of lyndon johnson. the most...
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it will reply a role in the next four years if -- >> i want to bring up a point, mark, that jon meacham brought up which is this -- we are as a society, we are one of the things that social media has done, what the internet has done, we have -- go into our own cocoons now as a society. we don't talk to the other side as much. it is like the washington problem on steroids. it happens at homeowners association meet. >> in d.c., outside of d.c., broken down into two tribes, blue tribe and the red tribe. sometimes when you are a member of the blue tribe everything your side does is great. it is fine. can be defended. if you are on the other side you actually think the worst of all that person. and the problem is that it is very hard to find that middle when everyone is in their own two camps. >> it is. that's -- actually this is a problem in communities all around the country. >> the election. a look at the 2008 election. it was so divisive and ugly. you have -- members of the other -- i'm talking about 2008. when you have -- members of congress, you know, stand up in 2008 or 2009 and say y
it will reply a role in the next four years if -- >> i want to bring up a point, mark, that jon meacham brought up which is this -- we are as a society, we are one of the things that social media has done, what the internet has done, we have -- go into our own cocoons now as a society. we don't talk to the other side as much. it is like the washington problem on steroids. it happens at homeowners association meet. >> in d.c., outside of d.c., broken down into two tribes, blue tribe...
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jon meacham got depressed. can i depress him further? >> go ahead. >> he wasn't a nerd that said i'm going to write books one day. he was a trial lawyer. you worked for still hector. >> for 12 years -- >> wow. >> and my mother still breaks my life into two chapters and that's when jimmy had a job and then did the writing thing. >> do you know how many lawyers, and you do, obviously. every lawyer you're with, i've been in law firms, quite a few law firms before, and there's always the guy that says "i'm going to quit this". >> grisham. >> i'll probably have about 15 or 20 e-mails from those guys when i leave this show. >> you did it, though. and 20 books, remarkably successful. >> yep. well, now, actually, i'm counsel to david boyce's law firm. i'm involved in the madoff case, and i get to coach my son's soccer and basketball teams. so great lifestyle. >> i want to talk about "blood money" but first about the moment you decided you were going to take the leap, and obviously not -- especially for people that don't know, you worked at one o
jon meacham got depressed. can i depress him further? >> go ahead. >> he wasn't a nerd that said i'm going to write books one day. he was a trial lawyer. you worked for still hector. >> for 12 years -- >> wow. >> and my mother still breaks my life into two chapters and that's when jimmy had a job and then did the writing thing. >> do you know how many lawyers, and you do, obviously. every lawyer you're with, i've been in law firms, quite a few law firms...
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>> jon meacham, thank you. it is great to have you here with us today. nbc's andrea mitchell is in the vip section of the inaugural platform. you can see the vips filing in right now to the platform on which they'll be sitting. this is just behind where president obama will take the oath of office proving once again that everybody will talk to andrea mitchell. we have put her right there because there's no interview she can't get. andrea, over to you. >> reporter: thank you so much, rachel. i'm here with john legend, who is a legend. he's been the busiest man in washington all weekend other than the president of the united states and perhaps joe biden. and you're going to be performing at the commander-in-chief's ball for the military, tell me what the meaning is for you? >> it's going to be fun tonight. i think the president put ordinary people in his playlist for the inauguration, so we'll do that tonight and do a few other favorites tonight. >> reporter: you were telling me, you're 34 years old, we have a common background both going to the university
>> jon meacham, thank you. it is great to have you here with us today. nbc's andrea mitchell is in the vip section of the inaugural platform. you can see the vips filing in right now to the platform on which they'll be sitting. this is just behind where president obama will take the oath of office proving once again that everybody will talk to andrea mitchell. we have put her right there because there's no interview she can't get. andrea, over to you. >> reporter: thank you so much,...